CLASSES ON HERBALISM, AROMATHERAPY, NATURAL HEALTH, BOTANY & MORE
AT GOLDEN POPPY, EDUCATION IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY PRINCIPLES. WE SEEK TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER OTHERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN HEALTHY, NATURALLY.
All of our classes require pre-registration. If it is less than 24 hours before a class please call us to check availability.
ACCESSIBILITY: Classes are typically held in English with visual aids and handouts given. They take place in the Golden Poppy shop library and production space, both of which are accessed by a short flight of stairs. We do have the option to have you come in through our back entrance which is on the ground level for better accessibility.
A private bathroom is available.
If you have any accessibility needs please call us before signing up so we can make arrangements for you to be able to enjoy our classes.
We can only offer refunds or store credit on classes cancelled at least 48 hours before the event due to our commitment to pay the teachers of the workshops.
Contemplative Herbalism: A Four Part Seasonal Series Herbal Walk and Mindfulness Practice
This class creatively brings together plants, hikes, and mindfulness. Through hiking we will bring awareness to the medicinal plants growing in the chosen natural area. Following the hike we will learn and practice mindfulness through walking meditation and end with a community sit. We invite a cultivation of gratitude and Earth-kindness through reflection on right relationship with plants.
This class will take place in four separate sessions throughout the seasonal calendar year. The goal is to encounter the same area through the changing seasons. By doing this we feel into the natural shift of the plant’s energy as they flow from season to season. Through witnessing, we consider or even personally connect with the inherent impermanence of nature. We invite the community to consider what a deep and intimate connection with the Earth looks like in our personal and collective daily lives.
When you sign up you agree to all four sessions (one in the fall, winter, spring, and summer). If you are unable to attend a session for any reason, we are not offering makeup hikes or refunds. However, we can offer you the material to guide your own hike and mindful walk.
This group is friendly to all ages and hiking abilities. Both teachers are herbalists, parents, and mindful humans.
This group will have children in it and ALL are welcome. The price is per adult and children are free. This can be a wonderful way to invite ourselves into a fresh and playful mind.
Please reach out and contact us at genevieve@goldenpoppyherbs.com for any questions/feedback including accessibility questions/considerations as we value inclusivity.
Dates/time:
- Winter Session: Friday, January 24th, 2025
- Spring Session: Friday, April 25th, 2025
- Summer Session: Friday, August 15th, 2025
- All sessions take place 10:30-11:30am
$80 total for all Four sessions
The breakdown is $20 / adult 18+ /session
Led by Genevieve Smith - Herbalist, Certified Yoga Instructor alongside Jaclyn Fenske - Herbalist, MDiv (grad est. spring 2025), Mindfulness Instructor (in training),
All ages welcome, children are very welcome, encouraged, and free.
Location will be provided upon registration.
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Making Cordage from the Land
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025 6-8:30pm
On its own, a stray thread cannot accomplish much. But when several fibers are twisted into yarn, and yarn into strands, and strands into string or rope, a once feeble thing becomes both strong and flexible—a hybrid material of limitless possibility. It’s difficult to think of an aspect of human culture that is not laced through with some form of string or rope.
Making cordage is a process of taking plant materials and twisting them together to make string or rope. Humans have been making cordage for over 60,000 years. It is indigenous to all cultures on this planet, and is a beautiful way to connect with the land, your hands and our ancestors.
In this class we will work with locally foraged plants and learn to weave them into cordage; a foundational skill to build upon for other weaving techniques. We’ll create our own wild woven friendship bracelets and leave with a new skill that can keep our hands busy and hearts happy throughout the year.
$45
Led by Mandy Bishop of Old Ways Wisdom @mandyvbishop
Mandy Bishop is a ritual artist, medicine maker, nature-based guide and mentor. She’s a perpetual student of these ancient ways and ancestral lifeways. Born on the front range of Colorado (lands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Ute peoples), she is deeply connected to the mountains and the wild places, and when not tending her garden might be found foraging, crafting or jumping into wild waters. She’s also the founder of Old Ways Wisdom—a place to bridge the gap of disconnect in these wild times by rekindling the old ways and fostering relationship with the land, our bodies, and the ancient wisdom in our bones through deep storywork and ancestral skills. Mandy’s had the amazing privilege of learning these ancient skills like weaving from many different elders, incredible teachers, and through spending time with Indigenous tribes in various places.
Space is limited to 12.
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Herbal Support for Anxiety
Wednesday, January 22nd, 6-8pm
Discover the power of herbal remedies to support emotional balance and calm.
This class will explore practical, natural approaches to addressing both acute and chronic anxiety through the use of herbs, nutrition, and lifestyle strategies.
You’ll gain valuable tools to understand anxiety from a holistic perspective, learn how to tailor herbal support to individual needs and feel empowered to apply these skills for yourself or others.
$45
Space is limited to 14
Kat is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a certified clinical herbalist and nutritionist from the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism, where she studied under Paul Bergner.
She teaches workshops on herbalism, wild foods, and botany, while also running her clinical practice through Meet the Green. Approaching her work from a Vitalist perspective, Kat believes in the intelligent life force within us all.
For 12 years, she worked at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism in Boulder and Lafayette, CO, where she served as faculty and Clinical Program Director. Kat co-founded the Forest to Field Festival, promoting land-based skills and ancestral knowledge, as well as the Apothecary Academy, an online herbalism program. Originally from the East Coast, she has a passion for bioregional herbalism, especially the herbs and ecology of the Southwest.
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The Medicine in your Kitchen
Wednesday, January 29th, 6-7:30pm
In addition to making our food taste delicious, the familiar herbs in your kitchen have a wide range of medicinal benefits.
In fact, knowing the varied uses of the traditional herbs and spices in your cabinets and gardens will open an entirely new way of thinking about natural health and wellness.
Join our founder, herbalist & nutritionist Sarah, as she dives deep into common culinary herbs & spices and their medicinal properties.
Participants will explore, taste, and create a spice blend to take home.
Taught by Golden Poppy Owner and Clinical Herbalist, Sarah Josey
$20
Class space is limited to 14 people.
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Thorns and All - Rose Medicine for the Heart
Thursday, February 13th, 6-8pm
Join us for a heart-centered exploration of herbs that nurture both the physical and emotional heart. This class will dive into the healing properties of the Rose Family, including hawthorn, rose, peach, and raspberry, as well as other supportive allies, to promote heart health and emotional resilience. You’ll learn how to craft and use a variety of preparations while learning practices for deepening your connection to each plant.
We’ll discuss how to work with a variety of preparations, including teas, powders, tinctures, and salves, both for attending to the spiritual heart, as well as the cardiovascular system as a whole. Whether you’re interested in supporting physical health, emotional well-being, or cultivating a connection to plant spirit medicine, this class offers tools and inspiration for working with the medicine of this diverse and locally abundant plant family.
$45
Class space is limited to 14. Please pre-register online.
BIO: Kat is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a certified clinical herbalist and nutritionist from the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism, where she studied under Paul Bergner.
She teaches workshops on herbalism, wild foods, and botany, while also running her clinical practice through Meet the Green. Approaching her work from a Vitalist perspective, Kat believes in the intelligent life force within us all.
For 12 years, she worked at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism in Boulder and Lafayette, CO, where she served as faculty and Clinical Program Director. Kat co-founded the Forest to Field Festival, promoting land-based skills and ancestral knowledge, as well as the Apothecary Academy, an online herbalism program. Originally from the East Coast, she has a passion for bioregional herbalism, especially the herbs and ecology of the Southwest.
She can be found on her website www.meetthegreen.com and on instagram as @kat_the_herbalist
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Wild Spices
Wednesday, February 26th, 6-8pm
In this class we'll be talking about herbs of the Rocky Mountain bioregion that you can use to spice up your kitchen, and flavor your medicine cabinet. From dry rubs to mocktail rims, bread mixes to beverage blends, we'll be talking about how to incorporate wild flavors into your everyday. We’ll discuss how to identify and harvest 10 wild edibles, as well as discuss recipes and medicine making techniques.
Join Registered Herbalist Kat Mackinnon for a fun evening of tasting and discovering flavors you can’t find at the grocery store!
$45
Class space is limited to 14. Please pre-register online
BIO: Kat is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a certified clinical herbalist and nutritionist from the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism, where she studied under Paul Bergner.
She teaches workshops on herbalism, wild foods, and botany, while also running her clinical practice through Meet the Green. Approaching her work from a Vitalist perspective, Kat believes in the intelligent life force within us all.
For 12 years, she worked at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism in Boulder and Lafayette, CO, where she served as faculty and Clinical Program Director. Kat co-founded the Forest to Field Festival, promoting land-based skills and ancestral knowledge, as well as the Apothecary Academy, an online herbalism program. Originally from the East Coast, she has a passion for bioregional herbalism, especially the herbs and ecology of the Southwest.
She can be found on her website www.meetthegreen.com and on instagram as @kat_the_herbalist
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